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Secondary Trauma: When Terrorism, Rape and Silence Collide | Opinion

The United Nations called for a ceasefire in Gaza on Dec. 12, without a condemnation of the gender-based atrocities committed by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel.We have seen video images of German-Israeli captive Shani Louk’s limp body held up, naked, her hair being yanked and spit upon; of another captured female hostage with visibly bloodied pants, and of a girl tied down, naked, as a terrorist sits on her in a […]

todayDecember 26, 2023 4

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The fragile ties between Arabs and Jews – opinion

Last Friday evening, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 2720, which called for the increase of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, as well as ensuring “humanitarian access to address medical needs of all hostages.” The resolution did not call for a complete and unconditional ceasefire. Thirteen members of the Security Council voted in favor of the resolution, while the […]

todayDecember 25, 2023 2

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‘Benedict’ deserves to be music tent’s name | Opinion

Editor:So. The Benedict Music Tent is being renamed The Michael Klein Music Tent. Whoop de whoop. Not.The U.S. has $34 trillion of debt. Solution! Sell naming rights of everything that’s ever been meaningful to the highest bidder: Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, The Smithsonian, others. Fiscal irresponsibility solved. Easy peasy, Aren’t we a brilliant board!Once upon a time, a prominent wannabe Aspen real estate developer from Los Angeles seeking favorable city […]

todayDecember 17, 2023 5

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The West’s double standards – opinion

Israelis are outraged at the International Red Cross for refusing to deliver badly needed medications to Israelis being held in Hamas captivity, and for telling the families of hostages that they should consider “the Palestinian side.” This comes after UN Women took almost two months to condemn the massacre and mass rapes that took place on October 7. As an Israeli, I cannot fathom why the West holds one […]

todayDecember 13, 2023 5

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The Jewish world after October 7 – opinion

I spent the Shabbat of October 6 and 7 in the Old City of Jerusalem.I went down to the Western Wall on Friday night for Shabbat and Simchat Torah celebrations. Dancing with the Torah and bringing in Shabbat at the holiest site in Judaism, you could not help but feel overwhelmed with joy. Little did I know what was to come.Saturday morning, I was woken, along with thousands of […]

todayDecember 11, 2023

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#MeToo, unless you’re a Jew – opinion

Warning: This article includes disturbing graphic descriptions.‘She was murdered with her rapist still inside of her.”“She was taken to the morgue with her underwear soaking in blood.” “They violently gang raped until her pelvic bone broke.”These are some of the many, even tamer, testimonies from October 7. Reading the testimonies has been unbearable. Sexual assault and rape are not resistance. I can’t believe this is something that even needs to […]

todayDecember 10, 2023 3

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Promoting Israeli-Arab peace through music – opinion

A beautiful idea. An international music concert in the United Arab Emirates promoting brotherhood and tolerance. I’m part of the team that developed the idea two years ago. We had tentative plans of staging the concert this year, bringing together world-famous musicians in Dubai to promote peace and reconciliation in the Middle East. We had grandiose ideas of supporting the Abraham Accords and true friendship between peoples and nations.For […]

todayDecember 6, 2023 6

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Opinion: Musician’s Workshop owners to embark on a well-deserved retirement

By John Boyle, avlwatchdog.org When Frank Dosier was 16 and attending Asheville High, he had no intention of becoming a pillar of the local music scene. He was thinking engineering, or maybe law, would make a nice career. But he was young and simply needed a job, and his only experience was cutting grass in the summers. He couldn’t even drive yet. One day after his mom had picked him […]

todayNovember 30, 2023 3

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Who gets on the hostage release list? – opinion

On Friday afternoon, when I sat down to begin watching the first group of hostages released from Gaza, I suddenly received a screenshot of a conversation between two people I had never met.In Hebrew, the first person wrote: “Have you heard any news?”The second person responded: “They are not on the list.” I was hit with a pang of emotional pain as I understood what this exchange meant.While the […]

todayNovember 29, 2023 2

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